live from london. this is bbc news. sudan's army launches a major attack on khartoum — as it attempts to retake areas held by the rival rsf militia. the uk transport secretary says rail strikes on eurovision day are appalling because they show a lack of support for ukraine. in italy, could napoli football club clinch their first serie a title in 33 years? and with a just a week to go until the coronation — the british public will be asked to swear allegiance to king charles. hello. sudan's army has deployed tanks and heavy artillery for a large scale offensive in the capital,

khartoum. there are reports of heavy fighting in the city. the army says it's attacking from all directions, despite a ceasefire being in place. it's part of an effort to recapture areas held by the rival, rapid support forces. the army has urged people to remain indoors and to stay away from windows. south sudan says it's still trying to convene peace talks between representatives of the two sides. the uk's last evacuation flight has left sudan. the foreign office says nearly 1900 people have been flown out since tuesday. meanwhile, the united states has completed its first evacuation of citizens from the country. countries like saudi arabia are getting people out tojeddah via port sudan on the red sea. our correspondent lyse doucet took the boat the other way and has sent this report from port sudan. every face, every person on this waiting tug boat tells you a story

they tell us that they made a dangerous journey to get here. the violence in their neighborhoods, they've waited days here at port sudan and now it's 4 a.m. they know they're within touching distance of a safe shore from this tug boat. it's a ten hourjourney across the red sea. many are uncertain of what lies ahead. live now to hamid khalafallah who is a nonresident fellow at the tahrir institute for middle east policy. he's based in khartoum. can you tell us what it's like there today? can you tell us what it's like there toda ? , , , , ., can you tell us what it's like there toda? , today? despite being in a ceasefire, the fi . htin: today? despite being in a ceasefire, the fighting still— today? despite being in a ceasefire,

the fighting still continues, - the fighting still continues, gunfire early in the morning. any throughout the night and it happened throughout the night and it happened through the day. reported earlier the army did warn citizens that they would continue fighting today in order to take over some of the area thatis order to take over some of the area that is already controlled by the paramilitary forces despite being in ceasefire. so chose also how they are committing to a ceasefire but also publicly announcing that they will launch more fire and attacks. i understand that you are in an rss controlled area at the moment. what is it like for you living there? i think most neighbourhoods that have been speaking to say that there is heavy around the area which has been

difficult for the many systems of khartoum. obviously it is very difficult to go outside to get food supplies. we are now in the third week since they started so we are running out of food supplies. most neighbourhoods and house howls have had running water cut very early in the conflict. power outages are also quite common to people need to go out to get supplies, water and so on but it is very risky passing through a checkpoint particularly can be fatal, you could get killed and also just getting caught in the crossfire. this also caused a lot of casualties so it is impossible to stay inside, it is very difficult but it is also impossible to leave which leaves people in a very

difficult situation, not knowing how exactly to react.— exactly to react. what do you do then when _ exactly to react. what do you do then when there _ exactly to react. what do you do then when there is _ exactly to react. what do you do then when there is bombing? i exactly to react. what do you do i then when there is bombing? when there is very _ then when there is bombing? when there is very large _ then when there is bombing? when there is very large bombing and then when there is bombing? wuezfl there is very large bombing and it gets closer, we take shelter in the house, we try to all come to her room, farfrom windows house, we try to all come to her room, far from windows and walls and just lay on the floor until it passes. when it is a bit further, we try to use the quiet hours that we get a couple of hours a day to just quickly go out and get what we need. which is also very risky but we have to do it. it's water that we've got to do it. it's water that we've got to have. a . ~ to do it. it's water that we've got to have. 1, . ~ ., to do it. it's water that we've got to have. ., �*, to do it. it's water that we've got to have. 1, . ~ ., �*, to have. back to feel it's too dangerous — to have. back to feel it's too dangerous to _ to have. back to feel it's too dangerous to try _ to have. back to feel it's too dangerous to try to - to have. back to feel it's too dangerous to try to leave . to have. back to feel it's too - dangerous to try to leave khartoum? absolutely. there are no safe passages for the sudanese to leave khartoum. unfortunately, all the

international support, international governments have been focused on getting a ceasefire that would work for evacuating foreign nationals and to be safe passages for them to leave the country and i'm glad that it has worked but it is unfortunate that they did not try to do the same for sudanese citizens to get safe passages for people trapped in the crossfire. also human carrying assistance. crossfire. also human carrying assistance-— crossfire. also human carrying assistance. ~ ., , assistance. was about where you see this auoin , assistance. was about where you see this going. do — assistance. was about where you see this going. do you — assistance. was about where you see this going, do you have _ assistance. was about where you see this going, do you have any - assistance. was about where you see this going, do you have any hope - this going, do you have any hope that the site will come together well with peace talks? i that the site will come together well with peace talks?- well with peace talks? i haven't seen any signs _ well with peace talks? i haven't seen any signs that _ well with peace talks? i haven't seen any signs that there - well with peace talks? i haven't seen any signs that there is - seen any signs that there is commitment from both, they are both still determined to have the upper

hand, to win more ground than the other. so when they engage with peace talks, they can determine how the negotiations go and decide, we haven't reached that point yet so thatis haven't reached that point yet so that is why i don't think any of them is ready to come to peace negotiations unless they get extreme pressure from the international community, using the delivery that they have over them through regional allies who could make them stop and come to peace talks.— come to peace talks. thank you so much for talking _ come to peace talks. thank you so much for talking to _ come to peace talks. thank you so much for talking to us _ come to peace talks. thank you so much for talking to us and - come to peace talks. thank you so much for talking to us and i - come to peace talks. thank you so much for talking to us and i hope i much for talking to us and i hope that you can say say. thank you. tens of thousands of people attended an open—air mass in a central budapest square on pope francis' third and final day in hungary. some 50,000 people were in attendance, according to the local authorities. the pope called on hungarians to be open toward migrants. hungary's prime minister,

viktor orban, has regularly used anti—migration rhetoric to defend a "christian europe" since coming to power in 2010. pope francis last visited the central european country, where 39% of the 9.7 million population are catholic, briefly in 2021. in the uk, the transport secretary mark harper has criticised the decision of rail unions to hold strikes on the day of the eurovision song contest. speaking on sunday with laura kuenssberg, he said it was especially appalling due to the role that ukraine's railways had played in resisting vladimir putin. the uk is hosting eurovision in liverpool on behalf of ukraine who won the contest last year. i spoke to our political correspondent david wallace lockhart who told us more about this. all the strikes looming here, whether it's nurses, potential teaching strikes. but the transport secretary, mark harper, because of his job

role, particularly focused on strikes coming up in the railways by the rmt union. some big events are going to be affected by that, notjust the fa cup final, big football event in the calendar year, but of course the eurovision song contest, which the uk is hosting on behalf of ukraine this year. and the transport secretary arguing that it's cynical to be targeting this event with rail strikes. fair and reasonable pay offer that network rail made to their staff was put by the rmt to their members and it was overwhelmingly accepted 90% turnout, 76% voted in favour of it. what is inexplicable to me is that a very similar offer has been made by the train operating companies through their grouping, the rail delivery group. it's been put to the rmt executive and for the third time the rmt executive won't put it to their members and instead have called strikes which are cynically targeting the eurovision song contest, as you've said.

now, the reason why that's so appalling is it's not our song contest. we're hosting it for ukraine now. i've met the head of ukrainian railways, putin's targeting ukrainian railways. there are hundreds of ukrainian railway staff who've been killed. what we should be doing is being in solidarity with them and not targeting on the train event and the train now. strikes could well play into the upcoming local elections looming this week in the uk. but another issue that could potentially be playing quite big in them is the issue of housing. now, a few months ago the uk government watered down certain house—building targets, saying local councils would have more leeway when it came to meeting them. that's something the opposition labour party has been critical of and they're actually pledging to reinstate a mandatory house—building targets if they get into government here in the uk. and shabana mahmood from the labour party was also on the laura kuenssberg programme this morning and here's what she had

to say about those housing issues. so we've got to stop having a system whereby developments don't happenj because speculators have bought land and are sitting on it waiting _ for the price to rise. we've got to stop having a system where effectively people can block housing in theirarea. local housing force has to do it. we will get housing built. whether you consider that being forced or not, - we're going to get houses built- in our country because we are going ito have a wider package of reformsl around the planning system to make sure that that system tilts the process in favour- of getting homes built. l it will involve local people a lot l earlier in the process to make sure they're part of the design - for their areas, assuming always that housing need has to be met. so the question is not- are we going to build homes? the thing that will be debated i with local people and with local authorities is where those homes are and make sure that they- are in the places that - people want and need them. we also heard from adrian ramsey this morning, who is the co—leader of the green party in england and wales.

he was talking about housing, too, putting forward their policy to have rent controls when it comes to how much your rent can rise at a time. he was pressed on the fact that there has been a rent freeze in scotland where the scottish greens are part of the government. he argued that it was different talking about a rent freeze which did see some rents rise there compared to rent controls which would restrict increases. the archbishop of canterbury, who's the head of the church of england, will ask millions of british subjects around the world to swear allegiance to king charles during his coronation next saturday. the public pledge — dubbed "a chorus of millions" — is one of several striking changes to the ancient ceremony. female clergy will play a prominent role for the first time and the king himself will pray out loud.

previously only laws at the coronation service had to recite a form of words. this is the text... other countries like the united states require a page at eight verse to be recited by governing officials and most schools on a daily basis and most schools on a daily basis and although the coronation is aware event and homage is entirely optional, it isn't something entirely new in great britain. i have been talking to jack royston and asked him what he made on the pledge of allegiance in this coronation given that it wasn't in the 1953 ceremony. obviously social media didn't exist in 1953, and i can't help but wonder whether maybe that's what they're thinking. obviously, if people are going to do it, you can imagine there's a good chance they're going to film themselves doing it and post it onto twitter or instagram

or tiktok or whatever they use. but i do slightly wonder that you wonder whether they might have kind of opened the door here for anti—monarchy campaigners to kind of get a new tool for for raising their campaign at the coronation. obviously, it's a big day for them as well, which they've been preparing for for many, many years as well. and i could well believe that they might well hijack it with a slightly alternative message for the king on coronation day. yes. you think it does open them up to a bit of vulnerability there? and also, i suppose the question is millions of people around the world, i mean, at a time when there are places in the commonwealth who are talking about breaking away, would you expect millions of people to be shouting at the telly in terms of shouting their allegiance or maybe just shouting at the telly? well, absolutely. in those commonwealth realms, you're talking about countries like jamaica, which has given a very strong indication that there's going to be an independent referendum. so, yes, you're right. i would imagine in some of those countries, it's much more likely to be shouting at the tv. and, you know, the word allegiance is a strong word for a lot of people.

and i think particularly in those countries that were part of the empire many, many years ago and have been on a long journey towards becoming nations that stand on their own two feet and are much, much more independent from britain. but honestly, i think there probably will be quite a lot of people in britain, too, who see that issue the same way and would not particularly view their relationship with monarchy as one in which they pledged allegiance. but of course, for the royalists, this i'm sure there will absolutely be people doing this. and you might remember that after the queen died and there were crowds gathered outside the gates of buckingham palace who kind of spontaneously burst into singing god save the king. so i think those are the people who are going to be doing this pledge of allegiance. yes, we had this poll recently for panorama, the bbc�*s panorama programme, didn't we, from yougov, which looked at the support for the monarchy. and it was people who were the over

65 were the most likely to say that they supported the monarchy and at 18 there was a 78% support among them and 18 to 2a year olds, the least likely with just 32% backing the monarchy. so it is really the sort of the younger generation they need to be targeting, isn't it? absolutely. and i think one of the real one of the real issues for that younger generation is britain's history with colonialism and the royal family's role in that history. and if you view this through the prism of that subject, the kind of pledge of allegiance does actually feel a bit quite old school, i think, to that 18 to 2a age bracket. and it's absolutely not the kind of thing that's going to bring them back around to monarchy. but no doubt, the kind of thing that might bring the background to monarchy is having a long weekend in which hopefully there'll be a bit of nice weather and they can go out have some fun. police in texas are still searching for a man who shot and killed five of his neighbours on friday night. it's believed the incident happened after they asked him to stop shooting practice so their baby could sleep.

the victims are all from honduras and include an eight year old boy. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. hello from the bbc sport centre. the italian city of naples is bracing itself for a huge party, if napoli can secure a famous title. the runaway serie a leaders could be crowned champions today, with a win and other results going their way. memories of the great and good of the past are flooding back to those in the city — as patrick geary reports. naples is dressed for the party of a century. their beloved team could be italian champions this weekend. for the first time in 33 years, italian football's great outsiders could become conquerors above the country's northern elite. napoli! |translation: we are living a big | dream, because our generation has been waiting for such success for years, taking the title from the shirts of such

a strong team and winning it here in the south, in naples and having another title is such a... ..please forgive me, it's very emotional, really. it is a unique feeling. you will never go far in naples without meeting the watch of an unforgettable face — diego maradona lives on in this place, as vivid as the day he joined the team in 1984, inspiring two italian titles and embedding himself in the city's identity. the new napoli has great players but no maradona. they sold many of their stars last summer and yet have fizzed with energy all season, catapulting them 17 points clear at the top. future banners and murals will contain more than one face. we think it resonates with everyone because right now there isn't a god or one of these players that they admire so deeply, but rather a collection of great players that they so love, that there is just life—size figures of them all over the streets of napoli and they are just adored for being this great group, rather than it be necessarily

about one great player. behind neapolitan passion is a troubled past — a story of poverty and criminality, a feeling of neglect and isolation. the football team is a distraction but also an emblem, a pride that makes playing for them that bit more intense. the love from that city is something out of order, they are crazy, they are crazy and they know, but because of that love and that open heart that they all have you feel really loved, or beloved, which in football is not very common. the game at the diego maradona stadium will take place a day later than planned. part of the reason — a comic book convention in the city on saturday. it seems the place can only cope with one set of neapolitan superheroes at a time. patrick gearey, bbc news.

five games in the premier league today, and manchester city could move top of the table, with a win over fulham. that's one of the matches kicking off in the less than three hours. city could go above arsenal, and with a game in hand too. manchester united host the in form aston villa. bournemouth host leeds in a crucial game towards the bottom. liverpool are home to tottenham in the late kick off. red bull's sergio perez won the first sprint race of the formula one season. it won't put the mexican on pole for sunday's azerbaijan grand prix — which starts in the next hour. charles leclerc secured that in friday qualifying. but perez has cut the gap on championship leader max verstappen who was furious with britain's george russell after they collided in the opening lap. verstappen finished third. what a final we have to look forward to at the world snooker championships, after what many are calling the greatest crucible comeback ever. luca brecel won 11 frames in a row to beat si jiahui 17—15 to put himself in with a shot at glory. he had been 14—5 down but, showed great resilience to make

another stunning comeback. the �*belgian bullet�* will have to beat mark selby though, the four—time champion withstood a great fightback himsel by mark allen. the final starts at1 o c'clock. and that's all the sport for now. and let's get more now on that footballing story in italy, and napoli's chances of winning their first series a title in 33 years later today. let's talk to vincenzo credendino, reporter for the calcionapoli24 tv channel, and a native of the city. a big fan, i expect like everybody else that enables, you are there excited today?— excited today? good morning to everybody- _ excited today? good morning to everybody- now _ excited today? good morning to everybody. now i _ excited today? good morning to everybody. nowl am _ excited today? good morning to everybody. now i am outside i excited today? good morning to | everybody. now i am outside the hotel where nobody is resting the last few hours before all the city hopes this becoming a champion of italy. what you can see behind me as

the bus and the official bus of napoli waiting for the team to finish their meal and to go to the stadium. now i am in a private house, i asked a family to be here because as you can imagine all the area is blocked and practically nobody in one kilometre can be there but i thought that for the friends from england, it could be useful to have at least a little look on how napoli is spending these few hours. today there is a big chance as you can see on the internet, all the city is becoming crazy. i had you speaking about the great connection between the city and the team. we are the only big city in italy with just one team. milan has two, rome

has two, napoli only has two so you can explain the great connection. there is a sense of rivalry two against the great team of the north, they are richer than napoli club but a little bit of work, a bit of luck to, napoli was able to defeat after 33 years. last time we had maradona, now we don't have a god like him but we have really good players, good coach so now we have the proof that we don't need a miracle to win, we just need a little bit of work, little bit of luck and maybe an italian system that could finally

work. ., . . italian system that could finally work. ., ., ., ., work. you are at risk of in'uring ourself work. you are at risk of in'uring yourself here. i work. you are at risk of in'uring yourself here, but i work. you are at risk of in'uring yourself here, but briefly i work. you are at risk of injuring yourself here, but brieflyjust i work. you are at risk of injuring l yourself here, but brieflyjust tell me how you have got here. as you said, napoli don't have as much money as the other major clubs, what has been at the crucial thing that has been at the crucial thing that has changed things this time round? it's really easy because napoli brought many players that now have an evaluation ten times bigger respect to the start of the season. let's take an example, napoli brought him paying 10 million euros but now he is worth 100 million euros, that means that napoli could break the power of the north, of the

rich north just with some good work because to find a player at 10 million that is the best, one of the best in europe is not something easy so we have to mention that make a player working that way. the man is capable to let people like... and build a team that was, that is a winning team as well.— build a team that was, that is a winning team as well. thank you so much for talking _ winning team as well. thank you so much for talking to _ winning team as well. thank you so much for talking to us, _ winning team as well. thank you so much for talking to us, i _ winning team as well. thank you so much for talking to us, i really i much for talking to us, i really appreciate it and i wish you luck the laser and no doubt you will go complete the crazy. i the laser and no doubt you will go complete the crazy.— complete the crazy. i hope i will reach the _ complete the crazy. i hope i will reach the stadium _ complete the crazy. i hope i will reach the stadium because i complete the crazy. i hope i will reach the stadium because as i complete the crazy. i hope i will i reach the stadium because as you can imagine, in the streets the situation is already crazy. thank

ou so situation is already crazy. thank you so much. — situation is already crazy. thank you so much, vincenzo - situation is already crazy. thank i you so much, vincenzo credendino, good luck tonight. that's all for me, thank you for watching. we have seen the best of the sunshine further east but for the afternoon, the rainbow fragment into sunny spells and charms are many of us. it will stay quite cloudy across scotland. we are in the mild air away from the very final for scotland. it is very warm feel to things out there. which it is a sunshine breaking through that cloud across northern ireland, and line of heavy showers continuing the southern scotland, west midlands and

wales down into south—west england. the best of the sunshine from the humber dantes anglia and in the south—east because the 18 or 19 but for most it's the mid to high teens for most it's the mid to high teens for many. as we had free as evening, showers affecting eastern england for a time. tonight will be mostly dry, few clear spells and temperatures of 68 degrees. into our bank holiday monday, showers across eastern areas that clears away, sunny spells developed but that could set off shattered showers. here it turns chillier with a mixture of sunny spells and blustery showers. single figure values in the north, mid to high teens elsewhere. into tuesday and wednesday, this weak area of high pressure will build in across the country for a time. it should kill off most of the showers but as you move for the

afternoon, temperatures rise a bit, cloud developing and could set off a light shower here and there but most faces will be dry but with more cloud into the afternoon, low to mid—teens for temperature across the board. that area of high pressure begins to break down as we push towards the end of next week and allows low pressure weather front to push up from the south. that will break increasing chart of thicker cloud, showers or longer spells of rain towards the end of the week but you will notice, as all coming from the south, it will stay on the warm side, temperature into the mid to high teens.

this is bbc news. the headlines: sudan's army launches a major attack on khartoum — as it attempts to retake areas held by the rival rsf militia. tanks and heavy artillery are being deployed to the capital, while residents are told to stay indoor and away from windows. the uk transport secretary has criticsed the decision of rail unions to hold strikes on the day of the eurovision song contest organised in liverpool on behalf of ukraine. mark harper said it was especially appalling due to the role that ukraine's railways had played in resisting vladimir putin. tens of thousands of people attended an open air mass in a central budapest square on pope francis' third and final day in hungary. the pope called on hungarians to be "open" toward migrants coming from outside europe.